364 XLI. CELASTKACE>£ (OLIVKR,). [CelastlHf. 



10. C. lancifolius, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 132 (ex descr.) A 

 small unarmed tree of 7-10 ft., with greeti, terete, glabrous or glabrescent 

 branches, and a sharp decurrent line on each side from the petiole. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, shortly but distinctly petiolate, elliptical or ovate-elliptical, 

 acute, often shortly acuminate, rounded or broadly cuneate at the base, serru- 

 late or nearly entire, glabrous, 3-6 in. long, l£-2£ in. broad; petiole 1-3 

 lines. Flowers small, white, in axillary many-flowered fascicles, but littleex- 

 ceeding the petioles ; pedicels 2-3 lines, 1 -flowered. Ovary 3-celled, half-im- 

 mersed, surrounded by a fleshy disk. Stigma subsessile, 3-sulcate. Fruit 

 crimson, obtusely trigonous. Seeds solitary in each cell, half-immersed in a 

 whitish arillus. 



Upper Guinea. Adah, Guinea, Thonning. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Celastrus macrophyllus, of Dr. Wclwitsch's mss. 



11. C. laurifolius, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 130 (ex descr.). A small tree 

 or shrub, with pale green, glabrous, unarmed branches. Leaves very coria- 

 ceous, oblong-lanceolate or oval, obtuse or scarcely acute, more or less nar- 

 rowed to the petiole, obtusely dentate-serrate, glabrous, paler or glaucescent 

 beneath, reticulation not conspicuous, pale green when dry, 2j-5 in. lo»g> 

 f~lf in. broad ; petiole 2-3 lines. Flowers in rather dense, many-flowered, 

 axillary fascicles ; pedicels simple, 1-2 lines. Ovary nearly free, surrounded 

 by a broad disk. Capsule glabrous, size of a pea, 3-valved. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Dillpn ; Captain Pullen ! 



Vai\ j8. ? Leaves dark brown when dry, paler beneath, serrulate. Pedicels pubescent. 



Mozamb. Distr. Lake Nyassa, Dr. Kirk ! 



12. C. huillensis, Welw. mss. A small, much-branched, glabrous, 

 evergreen, unarmed tree. Extremities pale green. Leaves coriaceous, oval, 

 narrowed to each end, obtuse, rather finely and equally serrate, glabrous, 

 l£-2 in. long, i-1 in. broad ; petiole 1-2 lines. Flowers greenish, 

 polygamous, axillary, solitary or in fascicles of 2-5 ; pedicels 2-3 lines- 

 Ovary half-immersed in the disk. Capsule glabrous, 3-valved. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 



Celastrus multiflorus, lam. Diet. i. 661, given as a doubtful African species, I* 

 not know. It may be a Cape species. It is described with branches ' horriblement herisse* 

 with spines and numerous lateral pedunculate umbelliform cymes of white flowers. 



2. CATHA, Forsk. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 361. 



Calyx 5-lobed, small. Petals 5. Stamens 5, inserted on the outer margin 

 of a thin notched disk. Ovary free, surrounded by the disk, 3-celled ; style 

 very short, 3-fid, with spreading or recurved stigmatose lobes. Ovules 2 in 

 each cell, ascending. Capsule oblong or clavate-oblong, dehiscing from above 

 locuhcidally in 3 valves, 1-3-seeded.— A glabrous shrub. Leaves oppos» e ' 

 or alternate on the leafy shoots, coriaceous. Flowers in short axillary 

 cymes. 



